Mary's Annotations
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9/16/2007
Kingsley, K.V. (2007). Empower diverse learners with educational technology and digital media.
Intervention in School and Clinic, 43(1), 52-56. Retrieved September 15, 2007, from Academic
Search Premier.
Serves as a general guide for teachers learning to incorporate computer
technology into the classroom. Gives twenty ways in which the educator
can enhance their technological skills as well as using those skills to
improve the education of the students.
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9/16/2007
Bajcsy, R., & Reynolds, C. (2002). Computer science: the science of and about information and computation.
Communications of the ACM, 45(3), 94-98. Retrieved September 15, 2007, from Academic Search Premier.
Defines and discusses the advancement of information engineering. Addresses the history of symbolic
language and how that affected the evolution of computation. Explores the differences between three
representations of information and computation: analog, digital, and hybrid systems.
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9/23/2007
Hayslett, M. (2007). Got data? The census bureau’s state data center network reaches out to local communities.
Reference and User Services Quarterly, 46(2), 20-22. Retrieved September 23, 2007, from Academic Search Premier.
Discusses the history and formation of online SDCs – State Data Centers. Gives examples of how the government
census data retrieval system is helpful to users. Provides a list of different state websites that ensure user
satisfaction.
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9/23/2007
Thielst, C.B. (2007). The new frontier of electronic, personal, and virtual health records. Journal of Healthcare
Management, 52(2), 75-78. Retrieved September 23, 2007, from Academic Search Premier.
Discusses the advancements in information technology in the healthcare profession. Defines the meanings and evaluates
the differences of electronic medical records and electronic health records. Focuses on the benefits of electronic retrieval
systems to one’s own personal health record.
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9/30/2007
Bielski, L. (2006). Website workflow gets to the point. ABA Banking Journal, 98(5), 50-52. Retrieved September 30, 2007, from
Academic Search Elite.
Discusses the advantage of banks employing a content management division to help design their websites. Reports on ways to
design banks’ websites according to the following guidelines: presentation, content, user differences, as well as departmental
differences.
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9/30/2007
Miller, R. (2006). Web content takes the designing sites with accessibility in mind. EContent, 29(1), 20-24. Retrieved September 30, 2007, from
Academic Search Elite.
Defines accessibility in the relationship to website design. Describes ways to enhance the accessibility of websites.
Gives examples of the differences of accessibility as well as advantages of having an accessible website.
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10/07/2007
Jiang, X. (2006). Towards intercultural communication: from micro to macro perspectives. Intercultural Education, 17(4),
407-419. Retrieved October 7, 2007, from Academic Search Premier.
Discusses problems that have arisen regarding intercultural communication within the setting of higher education.
Defines culture, intercultural communication as a field of study, and different communication theories. Presents ways
in which higher education can enhance their practices in intercultural communication.
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10/14/2007
Savolainen, R. (2006). Information use as gap-bridging: the viewpoint of sense-making methodology.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57(8), 1116-1125. Retrieved October 14, 2007,
from Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts with Full-Text.
Uses sense-making methodology to construct ways users can study the processes by which end-users find information.
Studies information use versus information needs and information seeking. Defines sense-making metaphors and proceeds
to use gap-bridging as a way to help the information seeker.
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10/20/2007
Neufeld, D.J., Yulin, F., & Zeying, W. (2007). The role of information technology in technology-mediated learning:
a review of the past for the future. Journal of Information Systems Education, (18)2, 183-192. Retrieved October 20, 2007,
from Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts.
Discusses research on technology-mediated learning and how it can benefit students. Reviews different theories that
affect technology-mediated learning including primary participant, instructional design, and information technology.
Argues the different opinions regarding the outcomes of this instruction.
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10/28/2007
Hargardon, S. (2007). A little help from my friends. School Library Journal, 53(10), 44-48. Retrieved October 26, 2007
from Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts with Full-Text.
Discusses the advantages of Web 2.0 among teachers. States how the use of blogs, social networks, and podcasts can enhance
learning. Gives ways in which educators can encourage and help others in their attempts to switch to the new teaching system.
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10/28/2007
Winder, D. (2007). Back to basics: social networking. Information World Review, 238, 21-23. Retrieved from Library,
Information Science and Technology Abstracts with Full-Text.
Gives advice to people working in the information field on social networking. Talks about the growth of online social
network sites. Gives basic instructions on how to use this type of networking effectively.
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Galperin, H. (2004). Beyond interests, ideas, and technology: an institutional approach to communication and information
policy. Information Society, 20(3), 159-168. Retrieved November 2, 2007, from Communication Abstracts.
Discusses research of policy-making within the information field. Focuses on three theoretical approaches –
interest group approach, ideological approach, and technology centered approach – to understand how information policies
were formulated. Continues to discuss the effects of information policies within the United State’s media outlets.
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Cronin, B. & Meho, L. (2006). Using the h-index to rank influential information scientists.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57(9), 1275-1278. Retrieved November 29, 2007,
from Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts with Full-Text.
Discusses the influence of the h-index on information science literature. Debates the advantages and disadvantages of
using the equation to track and evaluate citations. Uses studies to exemplify these arguments.
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Wertheimer, A. (2005). Quantifying the “goodness” of library history research: a bibliometric study of the
Journal of Library History/Libraries and Culture. Libraries and Culture, 40(3), 267-284. Retrieved November 29, 2007,
from Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts with Full-Text.
Discusses the difference between the two methods of evaluating research – the qualitative or quantitative approach.
Gives a brief history on historical library research and publication, a definition and criticisms of bibliometrics,
and the results of a survey on applied bibliometrics in library history publications.
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Zanin-Yost, A. (2004). Digital reference: what the past has taught us and what the future will hold.
Library Philosophy and Practice, 7(1), 1-16. Retrieved November 29, 2007,
from Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts with Full-Text.
Discusses the future of academic librarianship and the effect of digital and virtual reference to the profession.
Differentiates, through definitions, history and examples, virtual reference and digital reference. Hypothesizes the
influences both services will have on the profession.
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